diff --git a/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts b/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
index b33a10b48..a0b293a74 100644
--- a/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
@@ -122,11 +122,15 @@ export class CoreCourseSectionPage implements OnDestroy {
      */
     protected loadData(refresh?: boolean): Promise<any> {
         // First of all, get the course because the data might have changed.
-        return this.coursesProvider.getUserCourse(this.course.id).then((course) => {
+        return this.coursesProvider.getUserCourse(this.course.id).catch(() => {
+            // Error getting the course, probably guest access.
+        }).then((course) => {
             const promises = [];
             let promise;
 
-            this.course = course;
+            if (course) {
+                this.course = course;
+            }
 
             // Get the completion status.
             if (this.course.enablecompletion === false) {
diff --git a/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.html b/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.html
index 0e9916dd7..c01bec3db 100644
--- a/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.html
+++ b/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <core-loading [hideUntil]="dataLoaded">
 
         <ion-list *ngIf="course">
-            <a ion-item text-wrap (click)="openCourse()" [title]="course.fullname" [attr.detail-none]="!handlersShouldBeShown">
+            <a ion-item text-wrap (click)="openCourse()" [title]="course.fullname" [attr.detail-none]="!canAccessCourse">
                 <ion-icon name="ionic" item-start></ion-icon>
                 <h2><core-format-text [text]="course.fullname"></core-format-text></h2>
                 <p *ngIf="course.categoryname">{{course.categoryname}}</p>
@@ -41,24 +41,15 @@
             <ion-item *ngIf="!isEnrolled && !selfEnrolInstances.length && !paypalEnabled">
                 <p>{{ 'core.courses.notenrollable' | translate }}</p>
             </ion-item>
-            <a ion-item *ngIf="handlersShouldBeShown" (click)="prefetchCourse()" detail-none>
+            <a ion-item *ngIf="canAccessCourse" (click)="prefetchCourse()" detail-none>
                 <ion-icon *ngIf="prefetchCourseData.prefetchCourseIcon != 'spinner'" [name]="prefetchCourseData.prefetchCourseIcon" item-start></ion-icon>
                 <ion-spinner *ngIf="prefetchCourseData.prefetchCourseIcon == 'spinner'" item-start></ion-spinner>
                 <h2>{{ 'core.course.downloadcourse' | translate }}</h2>
             </a>
-            <a ion-item (click)="openCourse()" [title]="course.fullname" *ngIf="handlersShouldBeShown">
+            <a ion-item (click)="openCourse()" [title]="course.fullname" *ngIf="canAccessCourse">
                 <ion-icon name="briefcase" item-start></ion-icon>
                 <h2>{{ 'core.course.contents' | translate }}</h2>
             </a>
-            <ng-container *ngIf="handlersShouldBeShown && course._handlers && course._handlers.length">
-                <a ion-item text-wrap *ngFor="let handler of course._handlers" class="core-courses-handler {{handler.data.class}}" (click)="handler.data.action(course)" [title]="handler.data.title | translate">
-                    <ion-icon [name]="handler.data.icon" item-start></ion-icon>
-                    <h2>{{ handler.data.title | translate }}</h2>
-                </a>
-            </ng-container>
-            <ion-item class="core-loading-course-handlers" text-center *ngIf="handlersShouldBeShown && !handlersLoaded">
-                <ion-spinner></ion-spinner>
-            </ion-item>
         </ion-list>
     </core-loading>
 </ion-content>
diff --git a/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.ts b/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.ts
index 966148945..81a97cb18 100644
--- a/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.ts
+++ b/src/core/courses/pages/course-preview/course-preview.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ import { CoreCourseHelperProvider } from '../../../course/providers/helper';
 export class CoreCoursesCoursePreviewPage implements OnDestroy {
     course: any;
     isEnrolled: boolean;
-    handlersShouldBeShown = true;
-    handlersLoaded: boolean;
+    canAccessCourse = true;
     component = 'CoreCoursesCoursePreview';
     selfEnrolInstances: any[] = [];
     paypalEnabled: boolean;
@@ -206,19 +205,17 @@ export class CoreCoursesCoursePreviewPage implements OnDestroy {
                 // Success retrieving the course, we can assume the user has permissions to view it.
                 this.course.fullname = course.fullname || this.course.fullname;
                 this.course.summary = course.summary || this.course.summary;
-
-                return this.loadCourseHandlers(refresh, false);
+                this.canAccessCourse = true;
             }).catch(() => {
                 // The user is not an admin/manager. Check if we can provide guest access to the course.
                 return this.canAccessAsGuest().then((passwordRequired) => {
                     if (!passwordRequired) {
-                        return this.loadCourseHandlers(refresh, true);
+                        this.canAccessCourse = true;
                     } else {
-                        return Promise.reject(null);
+                        this.canAccessCourse = false;
                     }
                 }).catch(() => {
-                    this.course._handlers = [];
-                    this.handlersShouldBeShown = false;
+                    this.canAccessCourse = false;
                 });
             });
         }).finally(() => {
@@ -226,25 +223,11 @@ export class CoreCoursesCoursePreviewPage implements OnDestroy {
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Load course nav handlers.
-     *
-     * @param {boolean} refresh Whether the user is refreshing the data.
-     * @param {boolean} guest Whether it's guest access.
-     */
-    protected loadCourseHandlers(refresh: boolean, guest: boolean): Promise<any> {
-        return this.courseOptionsDelegate.getHandlersToDisplay(this.course, refresh, guest, true).then((handlers) => {
-            this.course._handlers = handlers;
-            this.handlersShouldBeShown = true;
-            this.handlersLoaded = true;
-        });
-    }
-
     /**
      * Open the course.
      */
     openCourse(): void {
-        if (!this.handlersShouldBeShown) {
+        if (!this.canAccessCourse) {
             // Course cannot be opened.
             return;
         }
@@ -435,8 +418,7 @@ export class CoreCoursesCoursePreviewPage implements OnDestroy {
      * Prefetch the course.
      */
     prefetchCourse(): void {
-        this.courseHelper.confirmAndPrefetchCourse(this.prefetchCourseData, this.course, undefined, this.course._handlers)
-                .catch((error) => {
+        this.courseHelper.confirmAndPrefetchCourse(this.prefetchCourseData, this.course).catch((error) => {
             if (!this.pageDestroyed) {
                 this.domUtils.showErrorModalDefault(error, 'core.course.errordownloadingcourse', true);
             }